Specialist Project Worker

Grove Park, 71-78 Grove Park, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 3BQ

£13.95 per hour

37.5 hours per week

Sanctuary Supported Living is delighted to be recruiting for a Specialist Project Worker at our Homelessness Service, Grove Park, St Edmunds. At Sanctuary Supported Living, we specialise in delivering a wide range of personalised housing, care, and support services to help people across England to live as independently as possible. We are a national organisation, but we are not-for-profit and we think locally by putting our customers at the heart of what we do. We are committed to being our best and helping customers to be their best, as we support them on their pathways for independence. No matter your job - delivering support directly or working in our offices to support our frontline teams - your work makes a difference every day. And working with us isn’t just another job. It’s rewarding, inspiring, exciting and it provides an opportunity to make a real, positive impact on people’s lives. Plus, we’ll support you in reaching your aspirations and career goals, through comprehensive training and benefits.

The role of Specialist Project Worker will include:

• Providing support to encourage our customers who have faced homelessness to maximise their own potential and independence.
• Ensuring the smooth running of the service, promoting the service effectively to others.
• Working closely with staff and customers to deliver a high quality, intensive support service.
• Managing a team of Project Workers.
• Recruiting, developing, and training staff within appropriate legislative or NVQ frameworks and devising effective and well-run staff rotas.
• Overseeing and monitoring the quality of risk tools, assessments, and personalised support plans.
• Liaising with staff to ensure positive outcomes, with a focus on maintaining tenancies and move on objectives.
• Promoting safe working practices by undertaking risk assessments to support, reduce or eliminate risks.
• Completing and monitoring health and safety checks within the service.

Skills and experiences:

• NVQ3 in Health & Social Care, or willing to work towards.
• Proven experience of working with a similar customer group is essential.
• Previous housing related support is desirable.
• Sound knowledge of housing management including rents, tenancies and health and safety.
• Good understanding of occupancy agreements.
• The ability to work on your own initiative and to react effectively under pressure.

Are you ready to be your best?

Brilliant work deserves brilliant benefits! As part of our commitment to making Sanctuary Supported Living a great place to work, here are just some of the ways we’ll reward you:

• At least 25 days paid holiday, rising to 30 days after 5 years’ service (plus public holidays).
• A pension scheme with employer contributions.
• A variety of online discounts and rewards from major retailers.
• Health and well-being plans.
• Life assurance.
• Family friendly arrangements, including opportunities for flexible working.
• Tax efficient savings through our Cycle to Work scheme.
• A wide range of learning and development opportunities.

Job Reference: 225213

We are only currently accepting applications from those with the right to work in the UK. If you are applying internally, don’t forget to use your internal careers account to submit your application. We might get a lot of applications so reserve the right to withdraw this advertisement at any time. Don’t miss out, please apply early.

Inclusion is one of our core values. Our goal is to be a diverse, inclusive organisation where our people thrive and meet our customers' needs with fairness and empathy. We know having a range of ideas and opinions makes a difference. We encourage and welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support this mission. We will make adjustments throughout your application process, in line with Sanctuary's commitment to our Disability Confident employer status.

Building Equality and Diversity Sanctuary Group encourages and welcomes applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support our commitment to offering an inclusive environment for our employees and customers. We work closely with the Home Office in order to prevent illegal working. An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be necessary in the event of a successful application which we will pay for. Sanctuary Supported Living is a trading name of Sanctuary Housing Association and Sanctuary Home Care Limited, both exempt charities.